Glucose localization in maize ovaries when kernel number decreases at low water potential and sucrose is fed to the stems

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-86

  Mclaughlin, John E ^a   Boyer, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Apoplast; Glucose; Invertase; Ovary development; Pedicel; Pollination; Starch; Sucrose; Water potential; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ZEA MAYS;

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; GLUCOSE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLANT STEMS; SEEDS; SUCROSE; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4544247275     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch123     Document Type: Article

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